The Story of GloucestershireNorman, Sawyer, 1908 - 269 Seiten |
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Abbey Abbot afterwards Archbishop army barons battle battle of Dyrham became beds Berkeley Castle Bishop boundary Bristol Brythons called Cathedral Catholic Celts century CHAPTER Charles Cheltenham Church Cirencester city of Gloucester coal Cotswold Hills county of Gloucester court Cromwell crown Danes deposited district Duke Dyrham Earl Simon Edward elected England English Essex feet fighting Forest of Dean formed Gloucester Cathedral Gloucestershire Goidels Henry House of Commons hundred Hwiccas invasion John joined King King's Kingdom known labourers land landowners later Lechlade lime limestone lived London lord manor marched Mercian miles monasteries names nearly Norman Northumbria once parish Parliament passed prisoner Queen rain refused reign Richard river road rocks Roman Royalist rule sand sent Severn Valley shire side soldiers stone Stow-on-the-Wold Stroud Sudeley Castle taxes Tewkesbury Thames throne to-day took town village villeins Wales Welsh William Winchcombe Worcester
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Seite 165 - Be of good comfort, Master Ridley, and play the man. We shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out.
Seite 132 - I count myself in nothing else so happy As in a soul remembering my good friends ; And as my fortune ripens with thy love, It shall be still thy true love's recompense : 44 KING RICHARD II.
Seite 166 - Right sharp and quick the bells all night rang out from Bristol town, And ere the day three hundred horse had met on Clifton down...
Seite 166 - And broader still became the blaze, and louder still the din, As fast from every village round the horse came spurring in...
Seite 35 - O earth, what changes hast thou seen ! There where the long street roars hath been The stillness of the central sea. The hills are shadows, and they flow From form to form, and nothing stands ; They melt like mist, the solid lands, Like clouds they shape themselves and go.
Seite 258 - And statesmen at her council met Who knew the seasons when to take Occasion by the hand, and make The bounds of freedom wider yet 'By shaping some august decree, Which kept her throne unshaken still, Broad-based upon her people's will, And compass'd by the inviolate sea.
Seite 240 - THE heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork. Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge. There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard. Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world.
Seite 220 - ... a Liberty to Tender Consciences and that no man shall be disquieted or called in question for differences of opinion in matters of religion which do not disturb the peace of the kingdom...
Seite 9 - All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.
Seite 53 - These men are the servants of the most high God, which shew unto us the way of salvation. And this did she many days. But Paul, being grieved, turned and said to the spirit, I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her.